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Easter 2015 – Meeting the King with the Keys

Peter Barnes | Revelation 1:17-18

SERMON  NOTES
Meeting the King with the Keys
Luke 24:36-53; Revelation:1-20

1. Christ is robed in majesty.

– 1:17a; Christ is portrayed in a divine way; see Dan.7:9; Ezek.43:2

– we need to be brought low before we are lifted up (Dan.10:8-9)

2. Christ is …

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Easter 2015 – The King and His Kingdom

Peter Barnes | Revelation 1:5b-7

SERMON  NOTES
The King and His Kingdom
John  21:28-42

– Trinitarian greeting in Rev.1:4-5a, then doxology in Rev.1:5b-7

1. The King’s sacrifice.

– 1:5b; see Eph.5:2; Paul cannot fathom the depths of the love of Christ (Eph.3:17-19)

– Rev.5:9; substitution is what makes Good Friday …

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Easter 2011 – Remember Christ Risen

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Peter Barnes | 2 Timothy 2:8-10

SERMON  NOTES
REMEMBER  CHRIST  RISEN
(2 Timothy 2:8-10)

– this  is  Paul’s  last  epistle  (2 Tim.4:6),  written  to  a  somewhat  sickly  and  perhaps  timid  man  (1 Tim.5:23;  1 Cor.16:10-11; 2 Tim.1:6-7).

1.  Remember  Christ  risen.

– …

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Easter 2011 – The Fact of the Resurrection

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Peter Barnes | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

SERMON  NOTES
THE  FACT  OF  THE  RESURRECTION
1  Corinthians 15:1-11

Xerxes  wept  as  he  thought  of  universal  death.

1. The  resurrection  of  Christ  is  a  crucial  part  of  the  gospel.

– 15:1-4;  this  is  ‘first  of  …

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Good Friday 2011 – A Bitter Exchange

Peter Barnes | Matthew 27:15-26

SERMON  NOTES
A  Bitter  Exchange
Matthew 27:15-26

Martin  Luther  wrote  of  the  ‘sweet  exchange’  where  Christ  dies  for  sinners.  This  is  the  bitter  exchange  where  a  murderous  criminal  is  released  and  the  Son of  God  put  to  death.  ‘Bar’  means  ‘son  of’;  ‘Abba’  means  ‘father’  …

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Easter 2010 – The Road to Emmaus

Peter Barnes | Luke 24:13-35

SERMON  NOTES
THE  ROAD  TO  EMMAUS
Psalm 118;  Luke 24:13-35

1. Our  gloom  when  we  do  not  grasp  Christ’s  resurrection.

– the  two  were  despondent  and  downcast;  they  saw  the  cross  as  the  end  (unlike  John 12:27-28a);  can  only  confess  Jesus  as  a  prophet  (v.19)…

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Good Friday 2009 – Christ – Our Example and Sacrifice

Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:21-24

SERMON  NOTES
CHRIST  –  OUR  EXAMPLE  AND  OUR  SUBSTITUTE
(1  Peter   2:21-24)

– addressed  specifically  to  slaves  (2:21)

1. Christ  our  example.

(a)  He  is  sinless.  2:22;  1 John 2:6;  Acts 10:37-38;  2 Cor.5:21

(b)  He  did  not  retaliate.  2:23a.  Charles  Simeon:  …